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andy · July 2010

That's pretty much the definitive "I know what I like and I like what I know" post.

I'd certainly be interested in twinspark's view on contemporary art.

twinspark · July 2010

@andy. It's definitely definite at least and based on exhaustive field research. What no comment on design in curry houses? btw. Your quote was the Genesis lyric - the original cliche goes 'I don't know much about .. but I know what I like' insert as appropriate art, food, DIY, politics, football or whatever etc. etc.

You don't mean that about contemporary art do you? You're not at all interested it's just a lure so you get to post your views on it.

Ian · July 2010

@andy. My view is (now you don't ask for it) if I can do it it isn't art. Now I approach painting, the crafts and the like as if with two boxing gloves on and with the draw back of colour blindness, so much is still ruled in, but to give an example if it's an unmade bed it isn't art.

miss annie · July 2010

All art is contemporary at the time it's created and often it is viewed less than favourably then. The Sistine Chapel was almost painted over a couple of times because various popes thought it was ungodly cobblers. A bit of hindsight sorts the wheat from the chaff.

I do agree about old Tracy's unmade bed but thought the bronze casts of baby clothes were rather touching so can't write her off completely.

Art is a bit like music I think, there are some bands you'll always love but it's good to be surprised by something new.

ADGS · July 2010

To be fair, most of the Sistine Chapel ceiling is cobblers. Michaelangelo was a very limited artist - languid beefcake he could do, but his women all look like men with fruit on their chests (particularly galling in the case of the Sibyls, who were clearly modelled on dockers). He was essentially the Florentine Tom of Finland.

miss annie · July 2010

I like the Delphic Sibyl but I have do admit that the Cumean Sibyl looks like a Russian shotputter.

For someone who preferred to work as a sculptor he did ok with the painting I reckon.

I'm a big fan of Renaissance art in general, Raphael is my top chap. You have to see it in the context of it's time - when it was pretty groundbreaking stuff. With our modern eyes it can look a bit chocolate boxy I suppose.

WillM · July 2010

(only on SGR does a thread move from Best takeaway curry to Barry's view on why Michaelangelo's most famous painting is cobblers)

ADGS · July 2010

I don't think it's a function of the time, because anything by Leonardo still looks staggering, and for sheer sumptuous beauty the Venetians were doing fine. It's just a function of Michaelangelo being a very limited talent; I can only presume that his rep has held up because, for much of the intervening time, proper gay porn was pretty hard to find, so there was a motive for keeping softcore substitutes widely available in repro.

Ian · July 2010

@WillM and given where we are going it is only a small step in the imagination to make this a conversation about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

andy · July 2010

Say what you like about Raphael, Donatello, Michaelangelo and Leonardo, but don't forget they took orders from a big rat.

miss annie · July 2010

Takeaway orders?

Ian · July 2010

The turtles all were obsessed with eating pizza weren't they? I wonder if they would prefer Pappagone or Porchetta?

WillM · July 2010

They liked eating their pizza with their hands and in slices whilst in sewers, so I doubt they'd have coped well with the floppy bases of either Pappagone or Porchetta. I suspect they'd be Venezia fans...

ADGS · July 2010

Judging by the look of the pizza they liked, they'd be dialling Domino or Pizza Hut, who do enough leafleting in the area - even if you live right next to a pizzeria - that I'm sure even sewer-dwellers would get discount coupons.

SimonB · September 2010

Had a takeaway from Holy Cow over the Bank Holiday weekend ... worst food poisoning ever. Avoid.

rainbow_carnage · June 2011

Reviving an old thread instead of starting a new one...

I've gotten takeaway from Mezbaan several times in the last few weeks. It's not my favourite--Dhonia and Jai Krishna are a million times better in terms of quality--but it's cheap and quick and it's open late. All good things.

I get the same thing every time, and every time, the price is different. Not a huge difference, 50p or £1, but enough for me to notice.

Has anyone else had the same experience?

I don't really mind, but it's just slightly dodgy.

Emma · June 2011

Maybe it depends on the time of night, and how much they want to get rid of their stuff before closing? Although that doesn't really make sense either does it. Don't they have a price list?

kreuzkav · June 2011

I think they're a nice bunch at Mezbaan. I usually get a couple of somosas on the way back from a night out. Sometimes the main man gives me free sauce. If I get a veg curry, rice and 2 somosas, maybe once every month or so he gives it to me for £5 flat. I think they're just not rigid and give people a bit off the price now and then if they know your face.

However, there's a younger guy who works there who isn't too alert at times and gets confused about the prices. I've also been given lamb somosas instead of veg ones by him. I think he's just not on the ball but he seems to have got better.

WillM · June 2011

rainbow - are you sure it's the same size of portions? i know they do several...

when i first moved here 3 years ago, i was quite impressed by the mezbaan, but i think they've really dialled back the spice content of their curries in the last two years.

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j · June 2011

Having no price list and being charged according to whether the establishment likes the look of the customer is hardly an incentive to try Mezbaan again. (I did once ages ago, and it was nothing special.)

The Exotic up the road covers all my takeaway essential criteria: decent portions, food reliable, sensible prices. No silly 'concepts' or fancy packaging/branding etc, just a good curry.

As an anti-recommendation, I won't ever be returning to Jai Krishna having known two people seriously incapacitated by the place for an entire weekend... (how can vegetables be so hazardous?)

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rainbow_carnage · June 2011

@WillM - Yep. Same size each time.

I've noticed that the price is lower when I go in on my own than when unaesthetic and I go in together. Not sure if I should take that as a compliment...?

It's not like they pluck the price out of thin air. They always scribble on a piece of paper first, before coming up with a random number.

We've been going to Jai Krishna for nine years. I don't have a single bad thing to say about them. Tasty food. Low prices. Friendly staff. Wish they were open on Sundays, but I can't begrudge them a day off.

missisclack · June 2011

@ Misscara - I've heard the rice thing before. What is the correct temperature? I'm always re-heating rice (athough rarely take out rice) or eating leftovers cold and have never had problems. Although I do know at least 2 people who were wiped out for days with rice iduced food poisonning.

sincers · June 2011

Rice is one of the most dangerous foods to get poisoning from. It can easily be fatal. It not advisable to even re-heat leftover rice. God Sevlow, you're right - I am dull!

taff bach · June 2011

Being Welsh, I always cook my own rice when ordering a take away. Why pay £1.65 twice when I can cook the same product for 20p and have it ready long before the take away arrives.

miss annie · June 2011

@taff bach I do sometimes do that too!

dawnage · June 2011

The Samosa, N16, is the best delivery I have had by miles.

wisteria53 · June 2011

I've been eating in or having take-aways from Jai Krishna for 20+ years and have never been ill from one.

Don't Look Now · June 2011

I've bee eating at Jai Krishna for more than 25 years and also never had any problems. I think I may be addicted to their aubergine bhaji & tamarind sauce.

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